Drying Tobacco In a Humid Enviroment

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Yup in the car I hold it in front of the vents.
Inside we have AC so it dries right out.

otherwise just set out a tray overnight then fill your pouch in the morning. ?

Shrinky dinks? ? I remember those. What the hell do you do with them after you shrink them?
 

wolflarsen

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Something like this. A coffee mug warmer with adjustable temperature settings. Lot's of options on Amazon for under $20.
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When camping in humid summer weather, I sometimes dry out flakes on a piece of paper towel over the defroster vents of my truck with the A/C kicking. Crispy in about 10 minutes. I think MSO once suggested doing roughly the same thing with a metal tea ball for ribbon cuts

Yup in the car I hold it in front of the vents.
Inside we have AC so it dries right out.
otherwise just set out a tray overnight then fill your pouch in the morning. ?

Here, and other climates, the humidity is too extreme for simply leaving it out to dry. Most days, with dryer blends the moisture will increase while it's out to "dry." This will work when my heater is running, that's only a few days a year. I'm not sure why but here my a/c seems to humidify the air. Some days my a/c blows out some form of fog, that's the house or the car. It's an extreme situation, I believe people in the dryer climates would not understand.

I'm in on the coffee warmer, tobacco dryer and easy bake oven. I'm currently trying the crockpot method now.

These are all great suggestions, and I certainly appreciate all the replys.
 
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subsalac

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Is it possible for you to jar about, 2 oz which you plan to smoke reasonably soon, at your optimal smoking dryness? That way you don't need to constantly prepare bowl after bowl. This is what I do when I pop a tin-- I let it sit with just the lid-- once I see it's perfectly dried, I then jar it and smoke the rest.
 

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Is it possible for you to jar about, 2 oz which you plan to smoke reasonably soon, at your optimal smoking dryness? That way you don't need to constantly prepare bowl after bowl. This is what I do when I pop a tin-- I let it sit with just the lid-- once I see it's perfectly dried, I then jar it and smoke the rest.

Yes, more than possible. I jar most of my opened tins, and dry them down in the jar, so I have 10-20 ounces of ready-to-smoke tobacco available at all times. I find a hygrometer or two indispensable.
 
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